Validation of AIRS cloud-cleared radiances using high spectral resolution infrared aircraft observations

Kenneth H. Vinson; Henry E. Revercomb; Robert O. Knuteson; David C. Tobin; Steven B. Dutcher; Fred A. Best; Szu-Chia Lee; Eric J. Fetzer

doi:10.1117/12.578902

20 January 2005 Validation of AIRS cloud-cleared radiances using high spectral resolution infrared aircraft observations

Kenneth H. Vinson, Henry E. Revercomb, Robert O. Knuteson, David C. Tobin, Steven B. Dutcher, Fred A. Best, Szu-Chia Lee, Eric J. Fetzer

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Proceedings Volume 5655, Multispectral and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Instruments and Applications II; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.578902
Event: Fourth International Asia-Pacific Environmental Remote Sensing Symposium 2004: Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Ocean, Environment, and Space, 2004, Honolulu, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

This study will present results of an effort to validate the accuracy of the cloud-cleared radiance products of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) using observations from a variety of aircraft based sensors. The AIRS cloud-clear radiances are a product of the Level 2 ground processing software developed by the NASA AIRS science team. The cloud-clear radiance represents an estimate of the infrared upwelling spectrum at the top of the atmosphere for a cloud free atmosphere. This study concentrates on observations collected during the Pacific THORpex experiment, conducted in February-March 2003. NASA ER-2 aircraft based observations from the Scanning-High Resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS) and the MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) are used in this validation effort.

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Kenneth H. Vinson, Henry E. Revercomb, Robert O. Knuteson, David C. Tobin, Steven B. Dutcher, Fred A. Best, Szu-Chia Lee, and Eric J. Fetzer "Validation of AIRS cloud-cleared radiances using high spectral resolution infrared aircraft observations", Proc. SPIE 5655, Multispectral and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Instruments and Applications II, (20 January 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.578902

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